Glasses as Fashion: 7 Ways to Flaunt Your Frames Part-2 - women campus
The Smarty-Pants
Is the girl wearing the rimless-bottom glasses your graduate student TA? A sexy librarian? An up-and-coming political superstar? Whoever she is, she's smart and she means business. The glasses version of the mullet (they're "party on the top, business on the bottom"), the half-rimmed glasses are perfect for the young professional who wants to look serious without looking 45. POINT OF CLARIFICATION: Do not get this style in a "fun" color…if you do you will end up looking like you sell tapestries at art festivals.
The Artist
If the only problem with borrowing your grandpa's frames is the difference in prescription, check out 'The Artist.' The style is characterized by big, thick, rounded frames that are almost entirely (or at least partially) made of light-colored, translucent plastic. Warning: this look is almost exclusively pulled off by people who are cool. Like, really cool. Wearers oftentimes have—but are not limited to—amazing vintage closets, lots of bright lipstick, an art portfolio, bicycles, and guitars. Bonus: wearing this style may get you automatic invitations to rooftop parties and gallery openings. At the very least you'll fit in at museums and independent, fair-trade coffee shops.
The Athlete
Sporty girls are generally thought of as die-hard fans of the contact lens (probably because the sport goggles they had to wear to 6th grade soccer camp scarred them irreversibly), but even Olympians have to rest their retinas and slip on a pair of glasses every once in awhile. Luckily rectangular, wire frames go perfectly with a jersey, tracksuit, or team hoodie. Watch your game footage (or enjoy your off-the-field life) in style, and find solace in the fact that—unlike most of the rest of us four-eyes—you probably weren't a frequent last-pick in gym class.
Nerdy Chic
We get it. You have over a 3.9, you quote Foucault in casual conversation, you know the difference between mitosis and meiosis, and you can build a computer from the ground up. How do we know? Because of your circular, tortoise-shell "I'm kind of nerdy but still cute" glasses. (And the fact that you're actually taking notes in your 9am lecture.) Not only will you feel smarter just slipping on a pair of geek-chic frames, your chances of getting a Fulbright increase by at least 25%.
